Fertilizer-distributer.



J. H. MATHEWS.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.21, 1910.

986,840. Patented Mal-.14, 1911.

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JOHN H. MATHEWS, OF COLLINSVILLE, ALABAMA.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14;, 1911.

Application filed September 21, 1910. Serial No. 583,079.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. MATHEws, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gollinsville, in the county of Dekalb and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specifioation.

This invention relates to fertilizer distributers and planters, and has for an object to provide an improved structure wherein the container or hopper is pivoted upon a frame and is rocked or vibrated by a tappet wheel.

The invention has for another object to provide the frame with a stop to limit the throw of the tappet arm, and with a second stop for engagement with a retaining arm for holding the hopper from movement and for raising the tappet arm out of the path of the tappet wheel.

The invention contemplates other detail improvements in the construction of the improved distributer which will be more specifically referred to and brought out as the description proceeds.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete distributer; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, parts thereof being broken away; Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2 of the hopper employed; and, Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the forward end of the distributer.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 designates the beam of the frame of the improved planter terminating at its forward end in the clevis 11. A pair of diverging handles 12 and 13 extend rearwardly and upwardly from the central portion of the beam 10 and are suitably held in spaced relation by transverse braces 14:. Side bars 15 are disposed at the opposite sides of the beam 10 and are held in such position by a yoke 16 at their forward ends and a transverse brace 17 at their rear ends. The yoke 16 engages against the upper and lower edges of the beam 10 at its forward end, and the brace 17 engages against the lower edge of the beam 10 at its rear end. The rear end of the beam 10 and the side bars 15 terminate in downturned standards for supporting shovels 18. The forward end of the beam 10 is supported in substantially a horizontal position by a wheel 19 provided in one side with a plurality of pins or fingers 20 adjacent to the edge of the wheel 19, the wheel 19 being supported in a forked member 21 disposed upon the lower extremity of an arm 22. The arm 22 is pivoted upon the beam 10 forwardly of the handles 12 and 13 by a bolt 23. A link 24: extends across one side of the beam 10 and the arm 22 to reinforce the arm. The link 24 is provided with a plurality of openings 25 for the reception of an adjusting bolt 26 to retain the link in position when adjusted.

The handles 12 and 13 are provided with a pair of transverse registering brackets or supports 27, each support comprising a strip of metal engaging across the inner face of the adjacent handle and secured thereagainst by a strap 28 disposed across the opposite face of the adjacent handle and se cured to the main strip by binding bolts 29. The brackets or supports 27 can thus be adjusted longitudinally upon the handles 13 and 14. Pivoted between the upper ends of the supports or brackets 27 is a container or hopper 30. The hopper 30 is of the usual form, being reduced or tapering at its lower end, and is provided with an elongated trough 31 extending in spaced relation below the lower extremity of the hopper 30. The trough 31 is preferably formed of a sheet of metal having its opposite longitudinal edges upturned and engaging against the sides of the hopper 30 and having its forward end upturned to engage against the front wall of the hopper 30. The rear end of the trough 31 terminates in a lip or extension 32 from which the fertilizer or seed is adapted to fall.

The distributer is provided with a spout 33 which is attached at its upper end to a rigid arm 34= carried against the inner face of the handle 12. The spout 33 is enlarged or flared at its upper end, which end is arranged immediately beneath the lip 32 to receive the seed or fertilizer therefrom. The hopper 30 is provided at one side with a tappet arm 35 extending forwardly and downwardly from the hopper 30- and terminating at its lower extremity in the path of the fingers or pins of wheel 19. The

hopper is pivoted upon a transverse bolt 36 which passes through the hoppertat a point adjacent to its rear end. The weight of the hopper 30, therefore, tends to depress the forward end thereof. The tappet arm rests upon the pins 20 and supports the forward endof the hopper. A stop 37 1s carried upon thebeam 10 and is in the form of an offset finger or arm adjustably attached to the beam 10 by the bolt 26. The inner end of the stop 37, is provided with a ing of the hopper 30. The stop 37 is adlongitudinal slot 37 to admit of the adjustment of the same. Extending outwardly from the hopper 30 and terminating at a point adjacent to the inner 'face of the handle 13 is a retaining arm 38 adapted to be engaged by a lock lever' 39 pivoted against'the inner'side of the handle 13.

The spout 33 may be of any form desired and may terminate immediately behind the central shovel 18 or at any other point desired for conducting the seed into the open furrow.

When in operation the tappet wheel 19 rotates and brings the pins 20 consecutlvely into engagement with the lower end of the tappet arm 35. This operation effects the striking action of the pins 20 against the arm '35 and produces the rocking or vibratjusted to limit the upward movement of the tappet arm 35 and thereby jar the hopper 30. The offset portion of the stop 37 engages about the tappet'arm 35 and serves 7 as a guide to hold the'same from outward from the trough 31. The gate 40 comprises a fiat bar having a longitudinal slot 41 in its upper end for the reception of a set screw 42earried in the rear end of the hopper 30. By the provision of the slot 41 and the setscrew 42 the gate 40 is raised or lowered to regulate the flow of the material from the hopper 30 into the spout 33.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A distributer including a frame, a tappet wheel Carried by the frame and having laterally extending pins at one side, a pair of rearwardlyand upwardly diverging handles carried by the frame, registering supports adjustably mounted upon the handles, a hopper pivoted between the upper ends of the supports at its rear extremities, a tappet arm forwardly extending from the hopper and terminating in the path of the tappet wheel, and a stop disposed upon the frame and engaging with the tappet arm to control the throw of the same.

2. A distributer including a frame, a hopper pivoted within the frame, a tappet arm carried by the hopper, a tappet wheel mounted in the frame and engaging with the tappet arm, and an adjustable stop carried by theframe for controlling the throw of the tappet arm underthe action of the tappet wheel.

3. A distributer including a frame, a hopper pivoted at one end in the frame, a tappet arm extending from the opposite end of the hopper, a tappet wheel carried in the frame and engaging with the tappet arm, an adjustable stop carried by the frame and engaging with the tappet'arm to control the movement of the same, a retainin arm extending inwardly from the pivoted end of'the hopper, and a locking lever carried by the frame for engagement with the retaining arm to hold the hopper from movement.

" 4 A distributer including a frame, a

hopper pivoted within the frame, a trough disposed beneath the hopper and having a rearwardly projecting lip, a spoutsecured rigidly in the frame beneath the lip, a tappet arm carried by the hopper to vibrate the same, a tappet wheel mounted in the frame for engagement with the tappet arm, and rockin means adjustably disposed in the frame or controlling the movement of the tappet arm.

5. A distributer including a frame, a hopper pivoted Within the frame, a tappet arm mounted on the hopper, a tappet wheel journaled in the frame for engagement with the tappet arm, an adjustable stop arranged within the frame for engagement about the tappet arm to control the movement of the same and to hold the tappet arm in alinement with the tappet wheel, and a lockin lever mounted on the frame adapted to hold the hopper from movement.

6. A distributer including a frame, adjustable supports mounted in the frame, a hopper pivoted at one end between the supports, a tappet arm carried upon the outer end of the hopper, a tappet wheel ournaled in the frame for engagement with the tappet arm to vibrate the hopper, an adjustable stop mounted in the frame for engagement with the tappet arm to control the throw thereof, a trough carried against the bottom of said hopper and having a dispensing lip at its rear end a fixed spout carried by the In testimony whereof, I aflix my signaframe in registration with the diSPGIlSiIfig ture in presence of two Witnesses. 1i it retainin' arm project-in rom t e in her end of th? hopper, and a 1%cking lever JOHN MATHEWS carried by the frame for engagement With Witnesses:

the retaining arm for holding the hopper Gr. W. REEVE,

from movement. H. P. MCWHARTER.

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